Portrait of a village / by Francis Brett Young ; engravings on wood by Joan Hassall
1937, First Edition. London ; Toronto : W. Heinemann Ltd. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor scattered foxing to prelims.Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #401603
Physical description; 6 preliminary leaves, 3-179, [1] pages : illustrations, plates frontispiece ; 23 cm. Notes; Illustrated lining-papers. Contents; Author's Note. -- Prelude -- Ch. 1. The Cross -- Ch. 2. Down the Road -- Ch. 3. Their Betters -- Ch. 4. Country Doctor -- Ch. 5. "Down the Lane" -- Ch. 6. "Farmer's Glory" -- Ch. 7. The Village at Play -- Ch. 8. The Church -- Postlude. Subjects; South African fiction (English) 20th century. Villages ; Fiction. Villages ; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Villages ; Fiction. WORCESTERSHIRE, 'England': village communities: sociology. Midlands (England) ; Fiction.
Price: €21.00